Whyman has been awarded the inaugural Sydney Roosters & Easts Group Minerva Scholarship.

The Minerva Network Scholarships Program was introduced in September and is designed to provide financial support to elite and professional level women athletes to complete or commence certified educational or vocational qualification.

The Sydney Roosters and Easts Group have committed $10,000 each year for five years for the scholarship.

Whyman, who recently signed crossed to Sydney FC for the upcoming W League season, is keen to pursue a bachelor of commerce degree at university.

A proud indigenous Australian, Whyman works as an ambassador for John Moriarty Football, an organisation dedicated to helping young indigenous players, and Stadium Australia with their charity and community work.

She is also a volunteer youth worker for Glebe Youth Service.

Australian rower Georgie Rowe was also awarded a scholarship by the network.

"Jada and Georgie were assessed by the Minerva Scholarships Committee as Minerva Stars who are role models on and off the field, have long-term career goals linked to a proposed area of study, and a credible plan to maintain their level of sporting performance despite the study commitment," Minerva Network chairwoman and co-founder Christine McLoughlin said.

""We know from working with elite women athletes over the past four years at the Minerva Network that they juggle training, competing, part-time work to pay the bills, and their studies. Sadly, when the pressure is on and they need to cover some of the bills, too often those studies are sacrificed. Generous scholarships such as these enable athletes like Jada and Georgie to compete, train and study."

Sydney Roosters and Easts Group chief executive Joe Kelly was pleased to be able to help Whyman.

"We congratulate Jada Whyman, one of Australia's rising stars of professional sport, on being awarded the inaugural Sydney Roosters & Easts Group Minerva Scholarship," Kelly said.

"The Minerva Network impressively supports elite and professional sportswomen to maximise their opportunities both on and off the field and our values are deeply aligned to this purpose."

Both scholarships were announced at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

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